1979 Topps #120 Jim Sundberg
About Jim Sundberg
A fourth straight Gold Glove arrived in 1979. Sundberg drove in 64 runs and hit .275, and his four errors tied the existing major-league record for the fewest in a season by a catcher at that workload. Topps issued him that year as #120, with the Texas Rangers.
Jim Sundberg caught for 16 big-league seasons and finished with a .993 career fielding average. He spent ten years with the Texas Rangers, won six straight American League Gold Gloves from 1976 to 1981, and was a three-time All-Star. He played at the University of Iowa, reached the majors in 1974 at 22 after a single minor-league season in Double-A, and finished fourth in the Rookie of the Year voting. Later stops included the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs and a return to Texas. With the 1985 Royals he drove in four runs in Game 7 of the ALCS against Toronto and scored the winning run in Game 6 of the World Series, which Kansas City won over St. Louis. He retired after 1989 with 1,962 games, 1,493 hits and 95 home runs, having caught more games than any other Rangers player, then worked as a Rangers broadcaster and executive. He was inducted into the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 51 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1979 Topps #120 card?
It is card #120 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Sundberg of the Texas Rangers.
How many cards are in the 1979 Topps Baseball set?
726 cards, numbered 1 through 726 with none skipped and issued as a single series, tracked as 727 collectible states: #369 Bump Wills comes with a Rangers or a Blue Jays team banner, and the master set counts both.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA, BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-25.